開会式
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Dr. Timur GÜLHead, Energy Technology Policy Division,
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Timur Gül, a German national, was appointed Chief Energy Technology Officer of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in October 2023. In this capacity, he oversees IEA analysis of innovative new and emerging clean energy technologies and their supply chains across a range of sectors. Mr. Gül is also Head of the Energy Technology Policy Division, with responsibility for the IEA's flagship technology publication Energy Technology Perspectives, the IEA Energy Innovation Forum, the IEA's Technology and Innovation Advisory Board as well as the IEA's Technology Collaboration network. Having joined the IEA in 2009, Mr. Gül previously was a lead author of the IEA's World Energy Outlook (WEO). Prior to his time at the IEA, he was a researcher at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.
Timur Gül holds a PhD from the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH) Zurich in Switzerland. He also holds a Master degree in Environmental Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden, and a Diploma in Environmental Engineering from Stuttgart University, Germany.
Mr. MITSUOKA TsugioChairman, Carbon Recycling Fund
Joined Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (currently IHI Corporation) in 1980. In 2007, he became the general manager of the civil engine division of the Aerospace Business Headquarters of the company, in 2008 he became the deputy general manager of the Aerospace Business Headquarters of IHI Corporation, in 2013 he became the executive officer and general manager of the Aerospace Business Headquarters of IHI Corporation, in 2016 he became the representative director and president of IHI Corporation, in 2020 he became the representative director and chairman of the board of directors of IHI Corporation, in 2024 he became the chairman of the board of directors of IHI Corporation and in 2026 he became the Advisor of IHI Corporation (current position). In June 2023, he became the chairman of the Carbon Recycling Fund.
セッションAカーボンリサイクルをめぐる国際情勢と日本の取組
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Moderator
Mr. SAKAMOTO ToshiyukiBoard Member, Managing Director for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Unit,
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan or IEEJ
Mr. Sakamoto joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry or MITI, the Japanese Government after obtaining the Master's Degree of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in March 1986. He worked for policy planning and implementation on energy, climate change and industry competitiveness for 30 years at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry or METI. Most notably, he was responsible for the COP negotiation as Director of Global Environmental Affairs Office, and ZEB and energy efficiency benchmarks as Director of Energy Conservation Division at METI. After leaving METI in 2016, he engaged in renewable and hydrogen energy businesses at two private companies and thereafter was appointed to the current position in June 2020. He was elected as the Vice Chair, the Committee on Energy Research and Technology or CERT, IEA in November 2020. He was also appointed as Visiting Professor, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies or GRIPS in April 2023.
Speakers
Mr. HASEGAWA TakahiroDirector, Climate Change Project Office, Ministry of the Environment
Takahiro HASEGAWA joined Japan's Ministry of the Environment in 2000 and has worked on climate change policy, Fukushima reconstruction, and environmental impact assessment, as well as serving at the OECD in Paris and the Embassy of Japan in Berlin. He currently leads efforts to accelerate the development and deployment of climate mitigation technologies, from demonstration to policy and institutional design.
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Mr. MIYAMORI TakeshiDirector for Building Environment, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism /
Counsellor's office for Building Regulations, Housing Bureau
Takeshi Miyamori joined the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) in 2004. He has since worked primarily in the Housing Bureau, City Bureau, and other departments, overseeing housing, building, and urban policy. From 2017 to 2020, he served in the Prime Minister's Office as Executive Assistant to the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. From 2022 to 2025, he led the Sustainable Buildings Unit at the OECD. Since April 2025, he has served as Director for Building Environment in the Housing Bureau of MLIT, where he is responsible for policies promoting energy efficiency and decarbonisation in housing and buildings. Most recently, he led work on amendments to the Building Energy Efficiency Act, enacted and promulgated in July 2026, including the establishment of a whole-life carbon assessment framework for buildings.
セッションBCO2バリューチェーン構築に寄与するカーボンリサイクル先進技術
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Moderator
Prof. NAKAGAKI TakaoWaseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering,
Takao Nakagaki spent 15 years at Toshiba Corporation engaged in research and development of new power generation systems and has since served as a professor in the Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering at Waseda University. He holds a Doctor of Engineering degree and is a Certified Professional Engineer. He has participated in numerous NEDO projects, including the Green Innovation Fund for CO2 capture technology and the Carbon recycling for carbonates production. He played a key role in developing the Carbon Recycling Technology Roadmap in 2019 and has served for many years as a member of NEDO's Technical Committee in the field of carbon recycling research projects.
Speakers
Dr. OHISHI YoshihikoDeputy Director General, Circular Economy Department,
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Dr. Yosihiko Ohishi is a Director in the Circular Economy Department at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a leading public research and development (R&D) funding agency in Japan. Having previously worked at the Technology and Innovation Strategy Center (TSC) and the Biotechnology and Materials Department, he now oversees R&D projects in the area of carbon recycling in his current position.
Before joining NEDO, Dr. Ohishi worked for 14 years at Sumitomo Chemical, where he primarily developed and industrialized catalysts for producing key petrochemical feedstocks. From January 2023 to March 2025, he worked for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), serving in the GX Investment Promotion Division and the Energy and Environment Innovation Strategy Office. There, he managed R&D projects related to carbon dioxide removal (CDR), including direct air capture (DAC), enhanced weathering, and blue carbon. He also engaged in studies to create a CDR market.
Speakers
Dr. YAMAMOTO MorioDirector of the Industrial Technology & Research Laboratory,
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Dr. Morio YAMAMOTO joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. after completing his doctoral course at Kyushu University in 2000. At Sumitomo Chemical, he has been engaged in batch process development and R&D management for specialty chemicals, mainly chemical pesticides and ICT materials, at the Process & Production Technology Center of the Corporate Division (currently the Industrial Technology & Research Laboratory), as well as in the management of the manufacturing site for small-molecule pharmaceutical CDMO products at the Gifu Plant, which belongs to the Advanced Medical Solutions Division.
He is currently the Director of the Industrial Technology & Research Laboratory, where he leads not only the aforementioned batch process development, but also the development of continuous processes focused on technologies for reducing environmental impact and the development of inorganic material processes, including battery materials. He also serves as the R&D leader of the Green Innovation Fund project, "Development of a CO2 Separation and Recovery System from Industrial Exhaust Gas Using Membrane Separation."
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Prof. SATOKAWA ShigeoProfessor, Zero Emission MIRAI Research Center, University of Yamanashi
I am a specialist in the fields of catalytic chemistry and chemical process engineering. Currently, I am engaged in the research and development of catalytic technologies to produce fuel from renewable energy-derived hydrogen and atmospheric CO2.
Speakers
Dr. David WakerleyCo-founder & CTO, Dioxycle
David Wakerley is CTO and co-founder of Dioxycle. Dioxycle is developing next-generation electrified chemical manufacturing technologies that produce cheaper, cleaner and sovereign critical chemicals, using electricity and widely available feedstocks (CO, CO2 emissions, salt streams). Dr Wakerley wrote his PhD at the University of Cambridge in biomass conversion and hydrogen production, before achieving postdoctoral research at Collège de France. He received a Lindemann Trust Fellowship (one of three awarded annually across all scientific fields to British scientists), held during his second postdoc at Stanford. He has 2,500+ citations, with publications in Nature Energy, Nature Catalysis and Advanced Materials, and is the inventor of 10+ patents in CO2 capture and conversion.
セッションCカーボンリサイクルの社会実装を加速する産業連携と市場形成
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Moderator
Ms. KUWAHATA MinamiManager, Social and Environmental Systems Strategy Consulting Unit NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc.
After working at a thermal power plant and in the corporate finance divisions of a major electric utility, she joined NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. in November 2019. Focusing on the environment and energy sectors, she supports central and local governments in developing decarbonization strategies, assists in the establishment and operation of regional energy companies utilizing renewable energy, and conducts demonstration projects and impact assessments related to decarbonization-oriented behavioral change.
Since 2021, she has served as an evaluation committee member for projects under NEDO's Green Innovation (GI) Fund Program, including the Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation Technology Development project.
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Dr. KANDA TetsushiDeputy Director, Kajima Technical Research Institute, Kajima Corporation
Dr. Tetsushi Kanda is a Deputy Director at Kajima Technical Research Institute. Dr. Kanda received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, USA, 1998.
KaTRI is well known to initiate industrializing emerging advanced structural materials in construction such as ultra-high strength concrete and high-performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites in its history, with which Dr. Kanda took a leading role in large scale application. Dr. Kanda's research interests are extended to shrinkage cracking controlling technologies and carbon neutral technologies for structures. In these research areas, Dr. Kanda maintains an approach in which advanced fundamental technologies are bridged to construction projects and optimized there in terms of practical and economical aspects.
閉会式
Mr. SAITO TamotsuChairman, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Mr. SAITO Tamotsu was appointed as Chairman of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in April 2023.
He joined Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (currently IHI Corporation) in 1975, working in the aerospace business. In 2012, he began serving as IHI's Representative Director and President, later serving as Representative Director and Chairman from 2016. In 2020, he began serving as an advisor, and since April 2024, has served as a senior counselor.
His experience in major organizations includes his role as Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Japan Industrial Machinery Manufacturers Association, Vice Chairman of the Japan Machinery Federation, Chairman of the Japan Shipbuilding Manufacturers Association, Chairman of the Fukushima Innovation Coast Initiative Promotion Organization, and Chairman of the International Human Resources Cooperation Agency. He is a special advisor to the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vice Chairman of the ASEAN-Japan Economic Council.
Mr. Saito graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Tokyo in 1975.
